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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PamR, post: 24493858, member: 119754&quot;]<b>They can be classified as error coins</b> — because the <a href="https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/facts-about-the-us-mint/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/facts-about-the-us-mint/" rel="nofollow">US Mint</a> did not intend to make Lincoln cents with a raised, struck artifact that looks like the letter “I” between the “B” and “E” of “LIBERTY.”</p><p><br /></p><p>However, <b>some diehard coin collectors prefer to call them varieties</b> — since they result on the die and are often replicated across many hundreds (or even thousands!) of Lincoln cents. BIE pennies are categorized into different varieties or classes, and they’re often collected by that means.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>How Are BIE Pennies Made?</b></font></p><p>In essence, what happened in <b>the creation of these BIE Lincoln pennies was the effect of aging coin dies.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinnews.net/2007/07/06/what-is-a-coin-die-are-they-worth-anything/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinnews.net/2007/07/06/what-is-a-coin-die-are-they-worth-anything/" rel="nofollow">Coin dies</a> are engraved with the image stamped on a coin, and they strike blank coins with the design. This is how a blank piece of metal (called a planchet) is turned into a coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1552161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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